Barber v. Wooten’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
36
cited by 36 later decisions
2
states following
February 1968
most recently cited
36 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Butner v. . Spease · Butner v. Spease · Tarkington v. Printing Co. · Shaw v. . Barnard · Hester v. Horton Motor Lines
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There may be two or more proximate causes of an injury. These may originate from separate and distinct sources or agencies operating independently of each other, yet if they join and concur in producing the result complained of, the author of each cause would be liable for the damages inflicted, and action may be brought against any one or all as joint tort-feasors. White v. Carolina Realty Co., 182 N.C. 536 , 109 S.E. 564 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Tillman v. Bellamy
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.